About the Mayor

HON. CIELO KRISEL LAGMAN LUISTRO

Born to a cause oriented family on the 9th of November, 1968, Krisel Lagman- Luistro, the eldest child of Representative Edcel C. Lagman of the First District of Albay and Mrs. Ma. Cielo Burce-Lagman, is the Tabaco City`s first elected woman City Mayor.

Before being elected as the City Mayor of Tabaco, Krisel Lagman-Luistro served as Congresswoman of the first District of Albay for two consecutive terms (19982004), member of the Sangguniang Bayan and the Albay Sangguniang Panlalawigan and Director of the National Liga ng mga Barangay. During her six years in Congress, City Mayor Krisel Lagman-Luistro was able to pass into law several priority measures, among them were RA 9020, An Act Creating the City of Tabaco; RA 9242, An Act Mandating the Use of Tropical Fiber for Uniforms of All Government Employees; RA 9208, An Act Criminalizing Trafficking in Persons; RA 9262, The Violence of Women and Their Children Act; and RA 9231, The Special Protection of Children Against Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act.

City Mayor Krisel was a University Scholar in the University of the Philippines, Diliman where she finished her Bachelor of Science in Zoology. She also graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Public Health from Neumann College, Aston, Pennsylvania, USA where she was recipient of the Excellence in Leadership Award. She is also registered in the “Who`s Who in American Universities and Colleges”. Mayor Krisel attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government in Harvard University, Cambridge, USA where she completed an Executive Program on Leaders in Development. She also took several courses on Strategic Leadership and Management for Population and Reproductive Health and Advance in Health Communication and Advocacy at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and Center for Communications Programs, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. She was also granted a Hubert Humphrey Fellowship in Public Policy and Global Health, under the Fulbright Program, in Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. In 2015, Krisel completed her Master’s in Public Administration at the University of the Philippines National College of Public Administration and Governance with a summa cum laude Grade Point Average.

Krisel is successful in anything she sets her heart on because she is industrious and confident in her abilities even as she knows when she needs the help of others. She is a team player and listens to suggestions. She is always willing to learn and above all, she is not afraid to make mistakes. Because the lessons learned from failure are as valuable as success.